Great live late period Rory!
J. E FELL | Carterville, Illinois United States | 02/08/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
""Meeting With The G-Man" is volume 4 in the G-Men live bootleg series. Some of the songs on this disk were originally released as part of the "Let's Go To Work" boxed set. The concert was recorded 12-20-1993 at the Paradiso Club in Amsterdam, Holland. Rory was in fine form and the setlist features some interesting songs. Besides supercharged versions of songs like "Continental Op", "Moonchild", "Ghost Blues" and "Messin' With The Kid", rarities like a great cover of Muddy Waters' "Mean Disposition" and a surprising but effective cover of "La Bamba" are included. Sonny Boy Williamson's "Don't Start Me Talkin'" includes a snippet of the Beatles "Revolution" interpolated into the song. This concert included a long acoustic interlude with a number of rare songs. The highlight of the acoustic set is an inspired cover of Son House's "Walking Blues". The sound quality is good considering this set was supposedly taken from a bootleg. Rory Gallagher never fails to amaze whether playing electric, acoustic or slide guitar and this new release is no exception. I can't wait for the next installment in the "G-Man Bootleg Series"."
Aye, it's too bad.
LIGHTNING | CLAVERACK, NY | 06/17/2005
(2 out of 5 stars)
"Rory Gallagher is a great, under-recognized talent that deserves state of the art recordings, but instead what we have here is a lousy, third-rate recording of some his finest pieces. There is really little else to say, other than that this is quite a disappointing recording indeed. Listeners and fans should seek out his studio recordings instead, or perhaps his live BBC CD."
Great but recording
Piergiorgio Rena | 09/08/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)
"The set shown in this CD is really great and displays all the extraordinary capability of Rory Gallagher as a live performer. Unfortunately the sound quality is really poor: I expected a quality at least equal to that of the three previous CD of the G.Man bootleg series. I hope there will be the opportunity in the future to listen to a good Gallagher's recording of the period between 1990 and 1994."
Track Listings (14) - Disc #1